diff --git a/server/reflector/hatchet/workflows/daily_multitrack_pipeline.py b/server/reflector/hatchet/workflows/daily_multitrack_pipeline.py
index 3fd64c2c..32c45fdb 100644
--- a/server/reflector/hatchet/workflows/daily_multitrack_pipeline.py
+++ b/server/reflector/hatchet/workflows/daily_multitrack_pipeline.py
@@ -561,13 +561,27 @@ async def mixdown_tracks(input: PipelineInput, ctx: Context) -> MixdownResult:
 
     Path(output_path).unlink(missing_ok=True)
 
+    duration = duration_ms_callback_capture_container[0]
+
     async with fresh_db_connection():
-        from reflector.db.transcripts import transcripts_controller  # noqa: PLC0415
+        from reflector.db.transcripts import (  # noqa: PLC0415
+            TranscriptDuration,
+            transcripts_controller,
+        )
 
         transcript = await transcripts_controller.get_by_id(input.transcript_id)
         if transcript:
             await transcripts_controller.update(
-                transcript, {"audio_location": "storage"}
+                transcript, {"audio_location": "storage", "duration": duration}
+            )
+
+            duration_data = TranscriptDuration(duration=duration)
+            await append_event_and_broadcast(
+                input.transcript_id,
+                transcript,
+                "DURATION",
+                duration_data,
+                logger=logger,
             )
 
     ctx.log(f"mixdown_tracks complete: uploaded {file_size} bytes to {storage_path}")
@@ -1095,7 +1109,7 @@ async def identify_action_items(
 
 
 @daily_multitrack_pipeline.task(
-    parents=[generate_title, generate_recap, identify_action_items],
+    parents=[process_tracks, generate_title, generate_recap, identify_action_items],
     execution_timeout=timedelta(seconds=TIMEOUT_SHORT),
     retries=3,
 )
@@ -1108,12 +1122,8 @@ async def finalize(input: PipelineInput, ctx: Context) -> FinalizeResult:
     """
     ctx.log("finalize: saving transcript and setting status to 'ended'")
 
-    mixdown_result = ctx.task_output(mixdown_tracks)
     track_result = ctx.task_output(process_tracks)
 
-    duration = mixdown_result.duration
-    all_words = track_result.all_words
-
     # Cleanup temporary padded S3 files (deferred until finalize for semantic parity with Celery)
     created_padded_files = track_result.created_padded_files
     if created_padded_files:
@@ -1133,7 +1143,6 @@ async def finalize(input: PipelineInput, ctx: Context) -> FinalizeResult:
 
     async with fresh_db_connection():
         from reflector.db.transcripts import (  # noqa: PLC0415
-            TranscriptDuration,
             TranscriptText,
             transcripts_controller,
         )
@@ -1142,8 +1151,6 @@ async def finalize(input: PipelineInput, ctx: Context) -> FinalizeResult:
         if transcript is None:
             raise ValueError(f"Transcript {input.transcript_id} not found in database")
 
-        merged_transcript = TranscriptType(words=all_words, translation=None)
-
         await append_event_and_broadcast(
             input.transcript_id,
             transcript,
@@ -1155,21 +1162,15 @@ async def finalize(input: PipelineInput, ctx: Context) -> FinalizeResult:
             logger=logger,
         )
 
-        # Save duration and clear workflow_run_id (workflow completed successfully)
-        # Note: title/long_summary/short_summary already saved by their callbacks
+        # Clear workflow_run_id (workflow completed successfully)
+        # Note: title/long_summary/short_summary/duration already saved by their callbacks
         await transcripts_controller.update(
             transcript,
             {
-                "duration": duration,
                 "workflow_run_id": None,  # Clear on success - no need to resume
             },
         )
 
-        duration_data = TranscriptDuration(duration=duration)
-        await append_event_and_broadcast(
-            input.transcript_id, transcript, "DURATION", duration_data, logger=logger
-        )
-
         await set_status_and_broadcast(input.transcript_id, "ended", logger=logger)
 
         ctx.log(